Steelers president says it's 'hard to envision' Antonio Brown being with team next season: report

Even the Steelers president is resigned to the fact that Antonio Brown will soon be gone.

Art Rooney II told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday that it would be “hard to envision” the receiver being with the team at the start of training camp next season.

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Brown has been feuding with Ben Roethlisberger, although the QB denied he had any issues with the star wideout, and reportedly said he was “done” in a moment of outward frustration following a practice during the last week of the season.

Rooney said there were no plans to release Brown but that all options are “on the table,” meaning a trade is possible, although he would not go into specifics about any deal. The Jets, who are in desperate need of surrounding Sam Darnold and Jamal Adams with some starpower, could be a potential landing spot for Brown in a trade. Vegas has the Jets at 3/1 odds to secure the disgruntled Brown, and Adams has openly tried to recruit him.

After Rooney made his comments to the Post-Gazette, Brown took to social media, as he has been wont to do recently, and posted a photo on Instagram of him shaking hands with the owner.

“Good Business. #Boomin,” it was captioned.

A feud with the owner, to go along with everything else, is a good way to ensure Brown won’t be in Pittsburgh next season.